THE SCENE: 41 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered.
WARM-O-RAMA:
LBAC F&B IC x 10
Seal jacks IC x 20
Merkin knee taps IC x 10
Mountain climber x 10
Projectivator IC from 8
Mosey to the recruitment center
THA THANG:
Farmer carry two CMUs to the middle island – drop one and keep one.
First Routine – “CMU Sevens” With one CMU, step to the first parking lot line and perform 7 CMU curls, lunge carry to the next line and perform 7 more. Rinse and repeat to the other island (11 lines, 77 reps total). 25 reps of CMU squats. Bear crawl back while pushing or pulling your CMU.
Repeat with Single Arm Rows (switch arm each line)
Second Routine – “Heavy Bear Island Traverse” At the middle islands (where we dropped our other CMU)
- Bernie ~100’, do 3 burpees, sprint back.
- Heavy bear to next island (~20’)
- Sprint ~100’, 3 burpees, Bernie back.
- Heavy bear back to start.
- Then;
- CMU tricep extensions x 40
- CMU goblet squats x 30
- CMU swings x 20
- Blockees x 10
Another round of CMU Sevens – this time doing Uneven Merkins (one hand on CMU, switching each line)
MARY:
- Mosey back to the flag.
- Dead bug, IC x(a few)
- Something Rocket made up 😊 ….kinda like a laying down hairy rockette.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 of the best men I know
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In October 1968, Apollo 7 became the first of the Apollo space missions to carry men into space. In the alphabetized progression of the Apollo Program objectives, Apollo 7 was launched for “C-Mission” – “Manned flight to demonstrate performance and operability of the Command and Service Module (CSM)”. It was the first time a Saturn IB vehicle put a crew into space; it was the first three-person American space mission, and the first to include a live TV broadcast from an American spacecraft. The untried CSM – that bullet-shaped craft – performed splendidly. The mission was a complete technical success. They achieved every technical objective and paved the way for Apollo 8 two months later to orbit the moon – and eventually Apollo 11 to land on the surface of the moon, one of mankind’s most historic and awesome moments.
It turns out, though, that one of the crew had a dormant cold which eventually spread to the others. All three men were coughing, sneezing, and congested in that tiny space together (quarantined). You might imagine that blowing your nose in space is not the most comfortable thing – it is messy and causes considerable pain to the eardrums. Uncomfortable and unable to get away for even a moment, they grew irritable with each other. They complained to ground control about the food. Disregarding the insistence of their mission commandeers, they refused to wear their helmets during re-entry. If you read some of the recorded dialogue between the crew and ground control, even the words in black and white convey discomfort and displeasure in their circumstances.
The Apollo 7 crew made it back to earth safety and accomplished every single mission objective. But none of those three men would ever visit space again…NASA rejected them for consideration for future missions. Until Apollo 7, our nation had a longstanding and uninterrupted practice of immediately awarding returning astronauts the Distinguished Service Medal. Because of their conduct, the crew of Apollo 7 was denied that high honor – the only time that has happened (fifty years later, they were awarded their medals posthumously).
These last several weeks, we’ve all been off our normal rhythms. In some ways, life has been just a little bit more difficult or awkward – that might be from trying to homeschool your kids at night while keeping up with work commitments. It might be stress from cabin fever or close quarters or fear of the unknown. If you are like me – or like the Apollo 7 astronauts – maybe those extra stresses have shortened your fuse and made you a little more self-centered.
During this time, you have mission technical objectives – to keep your kids fed, to make sure their homework gets completed, to check in with your boss and finish reports, to keep everyone healthy, etc. It may even feel a little heroic for getting these things checked off your to-do list despite the added burden. But don’t believe for a moment that simply accomplishing these tasks equals success. Success is more than a milestone or a check in a box. Success is about doing those things with grace and composure and love.
The Apostle Paul said (paraphrasing 1 Corinthians 13:1-7). If I could speak all languages, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noise. If I possessed all knowledge, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor, but didn’t love them, I would have gained nothing. Love is patient and kind. Love is not rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. Love is always hopeful and endures through every circumstance.
In spite of any current difficultly or discomfort, you need to be focused on more than just meeting the day’s technical objectives – because that alone is not success. To have a successful day, you also need to show honor, love, grace, compassion, and affection to those around you.
1 Corinthians 13: 1-7 (NLT). “If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for each other and our families. Continued prayers for Rocket’s mother and Trough.
The Word today was inspired by Chaco’s Word last month and Erector’s from Tuesday.
What a moon today!
Great to be back out with you guys!
Rocket – the Apollo 7 astronauts’ names are; Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham
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